This course will focus on the ToolBook authoring environment and on various input devices for preparing materials to be part of the applications you develop. The course will involve some demonstrations and classroom lectures, but will mostly emphasize hands-on lab experiences and out-of-class assignments .

It will highlight both the theory of application design and creation, and the skills necessary to build an application. As such, the course is heavily project oriented.

This is a cumulative skill generating course and so the regular on-time submission of homework exercises is essential. Homework assignments will not be accepted late. The concepts and skills needed in this course will be presented in such a fashion as to allow reasonably easy learning. Outside help will be available, as necessary. However, learning multimedia computing skills is time consuming. Students must be prepared to put in sufficient time and effort. The material covered in this course is such that last minute cramming is simply not possible.

Students will be evaluated on the basis of an in-class midterm and final, on the regular, on-time submission of homework assignments, on attendance, and especially on various projects.
 

Course Topics

1. Introduction to Multimedia Computing;
   CD-ROM vs. the Internet
2. PowerPoint as Multimedia
3. Basic ToolBook Concepts: Objects, Pages,
   Reader and Author Levels, Navigation
4. Application and Screen Design
5. Creating a ToolBook Book Using the Book Specialist
6. Editing Text
7. The ToolBook Catalogue
8. Using Still Graphics
9. Using a Scanner
10. Automatic Menus
11. Linking to Pages and to the WWW
12. The World Wide Web (WWW) and HTML
13. Exporting ToolBook Projects to the Web
14. Image Maps
15. Line Animations and Animated GIFs
16. Chromakeying
17. The Command Window
18. Introduction to Scripting
19. Sending Commands to Objects
20. Types of Fields
21. Time Lines, Glossaries, and PopUps
22. Computer Based Training (CBT)
23. Setting Book Properties
24. Record Fields
25. The Object Browser
26. The Clip Manager
27. WAV Files and Audio Editors
28. Digital Video - Importing, Capturing, Editing, and Compressing:
    AVI, MPEG, Active Movie Control, Streaming
29. Shared Scripts
30. Custom Icons
31. Saving a ToolBook Book as an Executable File

 

Kane, Joan; Kotz, Karen; and Wolf, Bert. Student Manual: ToolBook II Instructor 8 for e-Learning Developers. Bellevue, WA: click2learn.com, 2001.

Supplies

You will need to purchase at least two 256 MB flash drives.

Office Hours

Dr. Triebwasser's office is located in Room 010 in the basement of DiLoreto Hall. His office hours are from 12:30 to 2:00 and from 4:00 to 5:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and by appointment. If you cannot meet with Dr. Triebwasser during his scheduled office hours, do not hesitate to make an appointment with him. His phone number is 832-2970, and his e-mail address is triebwasser@ccsu.edu.